Rhode Island Heating Oil Prices in 2017
26 EIA surveys, Jan 2, 2017 to Dec 25, 2017
Last updated
- Average
- $2.793
- High
- $3.053
- Dec 25
- Low
- $2.679
- Mar 27
- Against 2016
- Up +$0.473 (+20.4%)
- change in average
In 2017, EIA published 26 residential heating oil prices for Rhode Island. They averaged $2.793 a gallon, from a low of $2.679 on March 27, 2017 to a high of $3.053 on December 25, 2017.
The average was 20.4% above 2016’s $2.320.
EIA surveys only during the heating season in most years, so there are no Rhode Island values for April, May, June, July, August and September.
Week by week
Every survey in 2017
| Month | Survey dates and prices | Month average |
|---|---|---|
| January | Jan 2 $2.735Jan 9 $2.736Jan 16 $2.729Jan 23 $2.716Jan 30 $2.696 | $2.722 |
| February | Feb 6 $2.717Feb 13 $2.698Feb 20 $2.698Feb 27 $2.723 | $2.709 |
| March | Mar 6 $2.711Mar 13 $2.699Mar 20 $2.681Mar 27 $2.679 | $2.693 |
| October | Oct 2 $2.761Oct 9 $2.726Oct 16 $2.726Oct 23 $2.727Oct 30 $2.789 | $2.746 |
| November | Nov 6 $2.843Nov 13 $2.908Nov 20 $2.936Nov 27 $2.945 | $2.908 |
| December | Dec 4 $2.979Dec 11 $2.979Dec 18 $3.019Dec 25 $3.053 | $3.008 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, weekly heating oil residential price table. Prices exclude taxes.
Heating oil — weekly Rhode Island, CSV (12 rows, from 2026-02-02 to 2026-10-19)
Columns: survey_date, area, fuel, price_usd_per_gallon_excl_taxes. Prices are residential, in dollars per gallon ($/gal), excluding taxes. Source: EIA.